{"id":1365,"date":"2012-12-23T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/23\/silk\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T09:38:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:38:13","slug":"silk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/23\/silk\/","title":{"rendered":"Silk!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Houston last month, I ran across a stand<\/a> selling silk yarn called Silky Mulberry. Oh, yum<\/i>! It’s so soft and luscious to touch that I simply couldn’t leave the stand without a skein of that yarn. The hardest part was deciding which color to buy. I finally ended up with a skein of shades of grey that I think will look nice looped around my neck over a black or white sweater. Heaven knows it will feel<\/i> wonderful! The people in the stand were giving away a simple pattern with the yarn, so I made a scarf from what I bought and just finished blocking it today. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Houston last month, I ran across a stand selling silk yarn called Silky Mulberry. Oh, yum! It’s so soft and luscious to touch that I simply couldn’t leave the stand without a skein of that yarn. The hardest part was deciding which color to buy. 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